WELCOME to the Hero Arts Blog Hop!!!! I am sure you are having a wonderful time seeing all the stamp reveals for the new 2010 catalog!!!
Up first I want to show you this CG 140 POPPY BACKGROUND. I wanted to highlight it's beauty, so I kept the surrounding papers muted, but still managed to incorporate a few of my favorite Hero Arts background stamped images :)
For the stamped image I began by inking a white cardstock in various shades of Tim Holtz Distress Inks....tattered rose, worn lipstick, fired brick, spiced marmalade and dried marigold. Then it was spritzed with water mixed with a few drops of Ranger's Perfect Pearls in colour Opal. Then the coloured background was stamped with the Poppy image inked in aged mahogany. I can envision so many different colour combos to use with this poppy stamp...I could play for hours and hours with it!!!!Hero Arts stamps: CG140 Poppy Background, CG119 Flourish Background, S5264 Antique Flower Background, and CL140 Thinking of You Messages.
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks by Ranger
Paper: Bo Bunny
Paper: Bo Bunny
Pearls: Hero Arts
Buttons: Basic Grey
Ribbon: Martha Stewart
Punch: Fiskars
Buttons: unknown
As soon as I saw this new set CL401 SPECKLED ORNAMENTS, I knew it could also work really would well for a "manly" card. I used a subtle lined paper to act as a guide for my stamping....easy peasy :)
The stamp images were inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in colour broken china, and stamped onto the grid paper. Then the image was heat embossed with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing powder in colour peeled paint. After it cooled, the "release" crystals were rubbed off revealing some of the inked colour underneath. I love the matte look and when you rub the crystals off they leave a little colour behind on your paper for that perfect distressed look :)
Hero Arts Stamps: CL401 Speckled Ornaments and CL342 Everyday Sayings.
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
Paper: Papertry Ink, Making Memories and Bazzil
Buttons: Basic Grey
Buttons: Basic Grey
Punch: Fiskars
Misc twine and ribbon
CL 381 SWEET WONDERFUL YOU
Look at this set!!!! Oh my.....I was soooo excited to pull out my Copics and colour! I had so much fun colour coordinating her outfit to the background image that I had also coloured with my Copics. Prisma's would work so well too!!
CL380 TRULY APPRECIATED I also fell deeply in LOVE with this sentiment set, I just LOVE how they mixed the font style and size! AND those cute flowers too!!! It will be PERFECT for so many cards!!!
Hero Arts stamps: CL381 Sweet Wonderful You, CG123 Flower Wallpaper, CL380 Truly Appreciated, and K5107 Screen Shadow.Ink: Memento rich cocoa, Tim Holtz, and Copics.
Paper: PTI and Bazzil
Brads: Basic Grey
Punch: Fiskars
Well... that's it for me, hope you all are enjoying the journey :) Your next stop is to visit the oh so talented Shari Carroll!!! http://shari-design.blogspot.com/2009/12/hero-arts-blog-hop-with-shari.html
Remember, if you find a link that doesn't work, you can always hop back to the Hero Arts Blog for a list of direct links to all the blogs in the hop!
Have a WONDERFUL DAY HOPPING ALONG!!!
Hugs,
TRace
P.S. I will be away on holidays from Dec 19th till Dec 28th...NO internet , NO crafting supplies how will I survive?????.......Wishing everyone HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!
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Your cards are gorgeous!!
Love the colouring on the last one!
Fabulous cards! I love the blended colours in your poppy card, and the flower button is a great touch!
Those projects are stunning.
Oooo...gorgeous! Absolutely love the speckled damask Thinking of you card!
Great cards ..thanks for sharing..have a Merry christmas
Very beautiful cards.
Great cards, Tracey!
hi! loving the poppies & the word stamps are just gorgeous!!
cheers sandie
I really like the poppy one...and even could make that a male card with colors you choose. Also thanks for showing the stamp sets so we can see what comes in them.
wonderful cards - thanks for sharing!
all of your cards are great! especially the poppy background one..love it! tfs! =0)
Love the speckled stamp and what you've done with it.
Ohhhh Tracey your speckled ornament is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
:o)
your projects look really great! (:
Gorgeous elegant cards.
Stunning work Tracey, these are just beautiful!
Great cards!
wheeee! my favorite color combos!! I love how you color them!! cute cards!!
Nice manly card.... always looking for ideas for them. Girls are easy
That Poppy Background stamp is still sitting at the top of my wishlist! Thanks for the gorgeous creations.
Love it all. Very nice.
WOW, thanks for sharing - love the new stamps.
Love your cards! And your style.
Love poppies. Good use of the new stamps.
Oh wow, the coloring on that card is stunning!
Gorgeous projects!! Love the warm, girly colors of the first card. Thanks for showing the actual stamps, too. Speckled Ornaments looks like a super versatile "must have" to me :-) Happy holidays!
Wonderful cards!! The first two grabbed my attention immediately! I will definitely have to have the poppy stamp, and I'm going to repeat your fabulous technique! LOVE it! And the speckled ornaments stamps is also a "must have"! So many possibilities with this one! Thanks for your beautiful examples!!
Really loving that poppy background stamp and your card is beautiful! Thanks for the peek of the full stamp sets!
beautiful projects, thanks too for showing the stamp sets used. your poppy card is GORGEOUS!
Speckled Ornaments is looking like a must-have set to me! Kathy Eddy
Oh my - your cards are simply beautiful!! I loved each one!
Great job on the cards..and those are some cute stamps!!!
Oh, WOW!!!! Your cards are gorgeous and my favorite set is the ornaments!!!
Yeah, for distress
love the manly cards! and the doll card is so adorable.
Beautiful cards. Thanks for explaining what/how you did, what you did. Makes me want to branch out and try some different inks as well as bunches of new stamps.
Hi Tracey! Love love LOVE what you came up with! Happy holiday hugs!!! :)
Great cards. They're each amazing in such different ways. Enjoy your vacation.
The speckled ornaments are so pretty and I love the poppy card. Thank you
Love the poppy and the speckled ornaments (first I'd seen of that one) Love how it turned out!
Awesome projects Tracey... love the word set- another one for the wish list!!!
Hi Tracey! I LOVE what you've designed! You have showcased each of your images to the MAX with such CREATIVENESS and STYLE! I really LOVE that you included a WIDE variety of LOOKS! Now that takes TALENT! You can be SO PROUD of the work that you've showcased on your beautiful blog and also on the Hero Flickr site! SUCH TALENT you've been blessed with. Thanks for the inspiration. Love, Karen xo
Tracey, I love your cards! You bring a whole new shine to pink!
Virginia was right... amazing!
Love you cards!
Beautiful card
What a great variety of cards! They are beautiful :)
Wonderful cards, Tracey! I especially liked the poppy card - will have to take another look at that stamp!
Your cards are beautiful. I especially appreciate the manly card since we all struggle with those.
Loving the Speckled Ornaments and the colors you used for them :o)
Fabulous cards!! Love the poppy one.
Love, love the poppy. I'm just loving the new stamp sets that are being released and it is so interesting to see how everyone uses them :) Thankyou :)
I love the speckled ornament stamps set and the card you made with it! Great work!
beautiful!
lisa a.
That is what is so amazing about the new stamps!! The diversity of them, I would have never thought to use that stamp towards a male theme!! Love it!!
Oh my, so adorable, that Hero catalog is going to be mighty dangerous!
First off, intimidating -- I go into cardiac arrest walking to end of driveway to get the mail. Now that THAT is off my chest... your cards are FABULOUS! I love how you worked with that gorgeous poppy stamp. Speckled ornaments did work great for a masculine card -- not sure I would have put that one together. And your doll card is just adorable. No seriously, keep up that triathalon stuff, one of us should do it!
Hi Tracey! Love your cards in the hop! Have a fun vacation!
Everyone's projects are just AMAZING!! Love the manly card esp LOL!
great stuff!!
Beautiful cards! Love the little girl!
All your cards are just beautiful!
Great cards, I especially like your poppy treatment.
Love the creations...enjoy your hiatius time away, have a happy holiday.
~Jill
Your cards are way beautiful! I love your Sweet Wonderful You card! :)
Lisa Smith
Gorgeous cards and I love the colors you used in the first one!
wonderful!
OMG!! stunning cards Tracey!! you are a master at using those distress inks!! wow! LOVE THEM ALL!!!!! =)
OMS! The techniques you used are fabulous! I love the mix of stamps with the continuity of color family on the poppy card. The CL401 Speckled Ornaments is perfect for either a man or woman; especially beautiful with Distress Embossing Powder.
Merry Christmas! Teri "Terrific"
Love your cards and color combinations. Thanks for showing images of the entire stamp sets.
great cards!
You ladies are doing a wonderful job with all the stamps.
The cards are great! I like your use of the little girl stamp with the flower background stam you colored. Great card!
Cute!!!!
I'm lovin' the new stamps, your cards are awesome!
Love your Thinking of You card w/the Speckled Ornaments. LOVE it!
Lovely work. Thanks for showing us the whole set of girl/doll stamps.
very nice cards
i love your use of speckled ornaments in the masculine card, nice job.
Your poppy cards is absolutely gorgeous! Love all the cards you created with the new stamps!
Beautiful creations!
That poppy card is stunning. Thanks for showing us your creativity.
Love the cards. The poppies are great and making a manly card is always hard for me. Thanks!
Love your cards but also congratulations to you for your first place in the tri! That's (you are) inspiring !!!!!
What a lovely card!!
Fabulous
I love your cards. And I love this hop! I'm having a great time.
Your cards are stunning! So glad to see your talent featured on the Hero Arts blog hop!
You think outside the box - I like that!
Beautiful colors.
How absolutely stunning! What awesome work! I love your choice of everything...I'm soooo jealous of your talent!
Awesome cards!
wowie! lovely cards!!!! I have a bunch of stamps on my to buy list!
*gina*
scrappinology@live.com
Such neat cards!
It's a good life!
Terri E.
ABSOLUTE GORGEOUSNESS!!!!
super projects thanks for sharing your talent and creativity
What a great job using those stamps to make a gorgeous backgroung. Thanks so much for sharing and have a Merry Christmas!
Oh wow your cards are gorgeous. The poppy one is outstanding.
Love your cards! TFS!
The speckled ornaments will go nicely on next years Christmas cards..thankyou LOL!!
Love your cards, especially the poppy.
Very nice choice of colour.
Love...love...love the poppy image & card. Thanks for the inspiration
you done a fabulous take on the stamps!! lovely lovely lovely!!thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards TRace! Love the colours and combinations with the Poppy Background.
Enjoy your holidays!!
Beautiful cards, love everyone of them!
Leonie xx
Love your cards. The poppy stamp is on my wish list.
So hard to choose which set I love the best. That poppy is awesome.
Wow, I am amazed at all the talent here! how will you ever keep up with all these comments?
Loving the monochromatic colours of the first two cards on here especially. And, yep, the truly appreciated set is at the top of my list - the mix of fonts is gorgeous!
Loving that speckled ornaments...
Happy Holidays....
CUte, cute, cute! Enjoy your holiday!
Hi, Tracey! Those are so lovely! Thanks for showing us the details of new HA stamps in your design! :)
Love the speckled ornament stamps and what you did with them!
amazing! i'm in love with those little girls and partial to purple so that last card really caught my eye, but I couldn't choose one as my favorite. I love them all!!!
My list gets longer and longer. Love your cards.
Wow, gorgeous projects!
beautiful cards..great image..
those poppies are popping up everywhere! i love how everyone has done them different.
Oh goodness~ I have to get a job! I have to have these stamps! :)
Lovely ... the stamps are just fantastic
Lovely cards.
I love the little girl card that you madel. It is adorable and reminds me of my granddaughter. Your work is wonderful. Merry Christmas.
Very cute! I love the colors you used for each card!
Great ideas~!
Your speckled ornaments card caught my eye. Thanks for showing it to us.
Your cards are awesome
very cool - love the green sparkly one!!
Love the way you are using the distessed inks. Beautiful.
Love your inspired creations! I especially like the new poppy and the ornaments and how you used them. I'm always collecting ideas for manly cards, so thank you for thinking of that.
great cards, love the poppy stamp!
You've shown me some sets that are going to be must-haves. I'm in trouble. Love what you did with the poppy background and the speckled ornaments.
Great fun cards. Thanks for sharing.
beautiful cards, thank you for sharing.
wow, stunning. Love the monochromatic cards. Both are so pretty and elegant.
Hero have done it again - great stamps. You have made some fab things with them. Thanks.
These cards are so gorgeous. Thanks for sharing them.
Your cards are awesome! I especially love the one with the little girl! I definately need to get that stamp set.
Beautiful cards.
Great new stamps and what a terrific show of ways to use them!
The speckled images are the perfect stamps for Tim Holtz distress embossing....I am off to do something similar as we speak. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your cards are fab! I've now added the poppy background to my wish list. Love the colors you picked
The poppy stamp id my favorite from this release and I LOVE your card! Just beautiful!
The poppies are gorgeous! I can also see a lot of versatility with the speckled ornaments set.
Beautiful cards! - Love the Truly Appreciated sentiments
Th card with the Speckled Ornaments stamp is just beautiful =)
Wow! Three gorgeous cards!
You've used two of my favorites from the new catalog - Poppies Background and the ornaments.
Nice projects and nice use of the new stamp. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the poppy and the little doll stamp.
Oh I know I have got to get that poppy background for sure...just beautiful work!
Love the poppy card and colors too. The Sweet Wonderful You set is a must have.
Beautiful rich and warm colours on that poppy card!
Oh, I can see now why I *need* distress ep! That was a lovely color combo.
Gorgeous cards! LOVE them all!
So beautiful!
Happy Holidays to you as well!
Oh my goodness- love the little girl mixed with the flowers. So cute and vibrant!
I really love all the color combos you used. Great ideas. Thanks
wow! stunning projects! greetings from Poland ( a lot of snow today here)
They're all fabulous!!! Love what you've created with the new stamps!
Your projects are beautiful! The little girls are so cute. I especially love the first card!
Blessings,
Christine
oh my, these are all fabulous! especially love the poppy one...can't wait to get that stamp!
Love the way you highlighted the poppies. (Love that stamp!) The speckled Ornament card looks antique. Love it too. The little girl stamps, I've got to have!
Beautiful work!
I love your ideas. Especially that little girl.
Great post, nice cards! Thanks for sharing.
Tracey-beautiful cards! My favorite is the little girl-your coloring is perfect. I also read a couple of your previous posts-have a WONDERFUL time in Cuba! What an exciting trip!
You're what I aspire to be and do! I adore your crafting style and love these cards! All of them are fabulous!
I love this! The colors are amazing!
Love your cards. TFS.
Khunter47
What beautiful cards! Love the new sentiment set!
So beautiful and adorable. Love what you did with those stamps, very inspiring!
I love what you did with the little girl. This blog was the first one where I saw the "truly" sentiments. I love those too.
Loved all your cards!
I just love that you included a card for guys. I wouldn't have thought of that stamp set as intially for a guy, but it works really well. Thanks!
Great cards! I esp. love the speckled ornaments stamps - totally works for a masculine card! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for explaining your technique in stamping your cards! Always helpful!
Well hey there, Wonderwoman! Such a fun visit to your blog. Fun banner! :) Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
~ Autumn Clark
http://autumnsantics.blogspot.com/
love how you used the poppy background!
I love your cards, and colors are very pleasing to the eyes. Thanks for sharing the stamp set.
Ohhh, love those speckled ornament stamps!
Fun samples, but the Poppy Background--gotta have it! Love what you did with it.
Your poppy background stamp on the card was lovely. So soft and pretty.
Holly
I love what you did with the distress embossing powder. I will have to give that a try in the morning. :-))
Love the combination of the distress ink and the distress powders - great ideas!!
Great work on all the cards. I love the colours on the first one!
So beautiful .... and masculine ! Love that you showed us the whole stamp set too so I will be keeping my eye out for all of these sets !
Lovely cards..Love the colours y0u used.
I love what you did with the poppy stamp, it definitely stands out. A very lovely card!
Gorgeous cards :-) The stamps are all fabulous ,,, :-)
Luv
Lols x
Love, Love Love your projects...the buttons and bling! WOw great job!
I love all the detailed embellishments and color choices! sUSAn
These are soooo gorgeous and elegant! Love Love LOVE!
great cards with the new releases!
WOW!!! Beautiful cards!! Love the colors and thanks for showing the stamp sets!!
Your cards are beautiful!!
Thanks for sharing.
beautiful projects. happy holidays!
Great Cards, thanks for the tips to using Distressing inks and powders. I have them but haven't played with them much. These new stamps will be a beautiful way to play and practice.
Great cards = love the embellishment touches, especially the tiny brad centers in the flowers!
That thinking of you card is spectacular - thank you so much for sharing! I always struggle with masculine cards, that is just perfect!
Thank You for a lot of inspiration. All 3 cards are very beatifull.
Oh, thank you for showing how to customize cards according to gender. Also, thank you for showing the stamps how they initially come in packaging.Last but not least thank you for all the inspiration.
Love that pappy background stamp! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your wonderful cards with us!
DeniseB
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